The tree is a real feature in my garden. As a metaphor it has strong roots to weather any storms and a huge canopy to shelter me from the heat of challenges. The small white flowers attract bees, so represent opportunity to grow anew each day. The leaves are small representing potential and the nuts that drop all year round demonstrate as a healthy ability to shed that which no longer serves me well. The many birds that sit in it's branches represent my networking abilities to connect people.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

what a week! - Bruce Guy and Myself presented at the WA Training Forum on Monday. We used today's meet as a back chat system and it worked well with 3-4 people actually posting and I am sure a few more lurkers. Bruce and I took turns to amswer questions so giving people an E-learning experience during the presentation.

Guy has been up last week to show use how to use a tool for creating moving video of content- I did mine on the cosurse material and then talked over the top - it was speeded up x4 so I actually looked quit an artist - Clive my husband who is an artist would have laughed - I might get himt to do the nextone.
Now it is back to getting the course back on track and with the assignment 1 put in and marked I am looking forward to the LLN modules and creating more mini clips for the weekly materials.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Actually it was surprisingly useful.
It was explaining how apart from a few entrepreneurs and business owners most of us seek to use defensive decision -making. That is if we can say an algorhythm or data shows that this is the way to choose we are happy. What we are not happy with is uncertainty!. That's why the new ways of having taxi apps will be come so popular- cos we know where the taxi is coming from. Certainly would work better for me if I am waiting for the RAC breakdown van to come. Knowing it was coming from a place can envision rather then the usual it will be at least 45 minutes would be much more preferable. Back to defensive decision making - if we humans can find ways to off set someone blaming us then we will choose that.

I also learnt some new theories well old ones wrapped up with new language and powerpoint slides !
Loved the elephant and the rider for the subconscious and rational thinking metaphor

Jonathan Haidt introduces the Elephant and the Rider metaphor. Dan and Chip write:

“But to us, the duo’s tension is captured best by an analogy used by University of Virginia psychologist, Jonathan Haidt in his wonderful book The Happiness Hypothesis. Haidt says that our emotional side is the Elephant and our rational side is the rider. Perched atop the Elephant, the Rider holds the reins and seems to be the leader. But the Rider’s control is precarious because the Rider is so small relative to the Elephant. Anytime the six-ton Elephant and the Rider disagree about which direction to go, the Rider is going to lose. He’s completely overmatched.”

I also liked the concept that on website have a 3rd option from register / subscribe or not to - called continue - one that doesn't require use to fill in loads of personal data to just scan a price to menu. 96%of the people who would have left the site initially if asked for info when they pressed continue button were perfectly happy after they had bought or got information off the site complete the personal details form -by the way it made the company that first used it $3million- go figure- Now I have to go to sleep thinking about all that .

Loved the elephant and the rider for the subconscious and rational thinking metaphor

The Elephant and the Rider Metaphor

Jonathan Haidt introduces the Elephant and the Rider metaphor. Dan and Chip write:

“But to us, the duo’s tension is captured best by an analogy used
by University of Virginia psychologist, Jonathan Haidt in his wonderful
book The Happiness Hypothesis. Haidt says that our emotional side is
the Elephant and our rational side is the rider. Perched atop the
Elephant, the Rider holds the reins and seems to be the leader. But the
Rider’s control is precarious because the Rider is so small relative to
the Elephant. Anytime the six-ton Elephant and the Rider disagree
about which direction to go, the Rider is going to lose. He’s
completely overmatched.”

"Every now and then I come across a metaphor that really sticks and helps me think differently about something I see every day.

The metaphor helps me look at these situations with a new lens, and, as a result, think, feel, and act more effectively.

I’ve heard of several ways to think about our thinking. I’ve heard
of the left-brain and right-brain. I’ve heard of the emotional side and
the rational side.

This time, the metaphor is the Elephant and the Rider. I especially
like this metaphor because it paints a powerful picture of a little
rider, either at the mercy of the elephant or directing the elephant to
make great things happen. The big take away here is that change can
come easily when Elephants and Riders move together."

I also liked the concept that on website have a 3rd option from register / subscribe or not to - called continue - one that doesn't require use to fill in loads of personal data to just scan a price to menu. 96%of the people who would have left the site initially if asked for info when they pressed continue button were perfectly happy after they had bought or got information off the site complete the personal details form -by the way it made the company that first used it $3million- go figure- Now I have to go to sleep thinking about all that .

thanks to Guy the fun of creating a video that was then speeded up to look as though I was writing it was much easier then I thought. The 4x speed was just too much for me to talk against - however even that I treasine was easy to slow dosn and get a better response. I think I am getting the hang of this e- learning. Bruce Huy and myself are speaking at the Training Forum on 19th May on the approac Bpatistcare has taken to developing skills. It was a useful track back to the beginning to see the original takes we had on why we wanted to learn in feb 2014.